I missed posting this post on the actual day celebrated as "Old Christmas" in parts of the Outer Banks (it was yesterday), but I thought you might find this interesting. Some area residents still celebrate Christmas on Epiphany. The legend is that it's related to the change to the Georgian calendar in 1752, which shortened the year by 11 days. The story goes that the word of the change was slow to reach the Outer Banks, so the islanders continued to celebrate on the day that used to be Christmas before the update.
The village of Rodanthe holds an annual celebration of Old Christmas on the Saturday closest to Epiphany each year. If you subscribe to Our State magazine, there's a terrific article about it in the December 2009 edition.
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